Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 106. Not illustrated. Chapters: Boris yhmyradow, Ogulsapar Myradowa, Umurbek Bazarbayev, Owezgeldi Atayew, Annaguly Deryayev, Amangeldy Hydyr, Tolkunbek Hudaybergenov, Balysh Ovezov, Tacberdi Tagyyew, Sukhan Babayev, Awdy Kulyyew, Grigory Aronshtam, Nurmuhammet Hanamow, Gurbanmyrat Atayew, Ivan Mezhlauk, Han Ahmedow, Aksoltan Atayewa, I anguly Nuryyew, Veli Mukhatov, Esenmyrat Orazgeldiyev, Anna Mukhamedova, Durdy Durdyyew, Khalnazar Agakhanov, em at Annagylyjowa, Yakov Popok, Dzhuma Durdy Karayev, Mikhail Fonin, Yakov Chubin, Hydyr Saparlyyew, Khadyr Saparlyev, Durdy Bayramow, Shaymardan Ibragimov, Murat Niyazov, Aman Kekilov, Khalmurad Sakhatmuradov, Yklymberdi Paromov, Shadzha Batyrov, Kakaev Yakshigeldy, Nikolay Paskutsky, Akmyrat Rejepow, Khodjamyrat Geldimyradov, Makhammetgeldi Annaamanov, Myratgeldy Akmammedov, Gurbannazar Ashirov, Mammetweli Kemine, Annaberdi Kakabayew, Abdulla Khan, Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev. Excerpt: Boris Orazowic yhmyradow (in Russian: , Boris Shikhmuradov, born 1949) was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan from 1995 to 2000. He is currently serving a life sentence in prison after he was convicted of participation in a plot against Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov in 2002. yhmyradow was born in Ashgabat to an Armenian mother and Turkmen father. Beginning in 1971, he worked in the Soviet embassies to Pakistan and India. After Turkmenistan gained independence, in 1992 he became Deputy Foreign Minister and then First Deputy Foreign Minister; he also became Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers in the same year. He became Foreign Minister in 1995 and served in that position for five years. He subsequently became a Special Envoy dealing with Caspian Sea affairs and the normalization of the situation in Afghanistan in June 2000. He served in that post until March 2001, when he became Turk...